The potential site of disordered gallbladder contractility during the early stage of cholesterol gallstone formation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1404-1409

  Mansour, Atef ^a   Dawoud, Ibrahim ^a   Gad El Hak, Nabil ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cholesterol gallstone; Gallbladder; Gallbladder motility

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALUMINUM FLUORIDE; BARIUM; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLESTEROL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOLEMMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORIDES; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POTASSIUM; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 0031791914     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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